Shiftwork Questions

Anyone on PlaeoHacks working shift-work?
Just wondering how you adjust your diet around that time: how much do you eat, when you eat.
I work on 12 hour rotations, usually 6 to 6 or 10 to 10.
Anyone has advice that really works for them?
I...
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Intermittent fasting can free up your schedule; as fasts of 12, 24, 36 or even 48 hours are not unheard of on an established ketogenic diet. Meals get larger, intervals get longer; aggregate cooking time doesn't scale up as much as volume - so...
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So, I work 3 twelve hour night shifts a week. Normally they are all in a row. The night before they start I usually stay up til 1 or 2 in the morning or nap before the day of. I get off work at 7:30, try to be in bed by 8:30 am and get 8 full...
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I'm kind of in your situation, and I've found that drinking herbal teas that are meant to help you relax help a lot with sleeping. There's one brand called Traditional Medicinals that makes a Sleep Aid tea that tastes pretty good. That might help...
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My schedule changes weekly, but a typical week could be something like this:
Moday 7:30a-3:30p
Tues 11:30a-7:30p
Wed: off
Thurs: 2p-10:30
Friday 2:00p-10:30
Sat: off
Sun: 7:30a-3:30p
It's rare that I have less than 12 hours between shifts, but I...
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I drink tart cherry juice before bed. It has a small amount to melatonin so that it doesn't disrupt your bodies own production, and I get the best sleep ever.
I also suggest like all the people above to go to bed and get as close to the same...
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Graduated this month with a BSN and landed my dream job in a surgical/trauma unit BUT it's night shift. I know, I know - all the evidence in the world says night shifts are detrimental to health. However, in reality this is the starting place for...
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My girlfriend is an RN - she has been working only the night shift for 3+ years now. What she does (and a lot of the other nurses she works with) is she takes Vit C, Vit B complex, Selenium, Chromium & Vit D before she goes into work - then...
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I'm going to start a new job in about 3 weeks and I think I will need to get up around 5 or 6am. Right now, i have a twofold problem- I am a night owl and get a second wind around 10 (and find it difficult to go to sleep early) and for the next...
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Melatonin has been shown to be very effective in reseting circadian rhythms for shift workers and travelers. Try 1 mg sublingual 20 minutes before you SHOULD go to bed for your new schedule. Get ready for bed and get comfy. If you don't feel...
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It's one thing to be paleo, it's another to be paleo and work as a cop. Late hours, long surveillances...it makes meals a bit more difficult, especially when pulling a 12 hour shift. For the most part my meals are under control, but when it comes...
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This is very hard. It takes effort for sure. I'm a cop too, and the late shift is a bear... Do you work rotating shifts? Day shift most of the time? One thing that works for me is intermittent fasting. I try not to eat at all for an 8 hour shift....
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So.. I work 3 am to 3 pm shifts, six in a row, then eight days off. I obviously have trouble getting enough sleep on my work days. I must be asleep by six fifteen pm in order to get eight hours on my work days. A tough task.
My shift is not...
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Tavis, my shift work varies from around 7 hours to 3-4 broken up when I'm at one job (Im on duty for 48 hours and sleep there,) and about 6 when I'm at the other (and get to sleep at home.) I have been making the change to paleo, and just got...
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So glad I found this site. A lot of questions I've found some answers to on my paleo lifestyle.
I work third shift, I do cross fit 2x a week and weight training 2x week.
Prior to going paleo on the third shift I could sleep on demand. Now that...
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Great question. A couple things come to mind:
1) Lack of good sleep is really bad. My wife and I just had a baby, and right now we are both suffering from lack of restful sleep -- and my cortisol levels are probably shot to hell -- I put on 10...
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